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(1) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur. (5) When the god Aššur, my lord, allowed me to construct the Patti-ṭuḫdi (“Canal of Abundance”), the bearer of abundant fertility, I filled in with earth the well that is called Uballiṭ-nišēšu (“It Has Given Life to His People”), (the source) of the pond (that is) behind the terrace, (which was) ten cubits down to water(-level), which previously Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē (II), the vice-regent of the god Aššur, had dug (and which) was reinforced with limestone, bitumen, (and) baked…